Manual sales-recorder and cash-till



(No Model.) 3 Sheets-Sheet l,

C. T. HARD.

MANUAL sALEs RECORDER ANR CASE TILL.

No. 535,900. Patented Mar. 19, 1895.

(No'Model.) 3 Sheets-Sheet 2.

C. T. HARD. MANUAL SALES RECORDER AND CASH TILL. No. 535,900.

Havane (No Model.) 3 Sheets-Sheet 3.

G. T. HARD.

MANUAL SALES RECORDER AND CASH TILL.

No. 535,900. Patented Mar. 19, 1895.

WW1/twee@ Q? Ma UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES T. IIARD, OF EAST LIVERPOOL, OHIO.

MANUAL SALES-RECORDER AND CASH-TILL.

SEECIFISATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 535,900, dated March19, 1895.

Application tiled April 23, 1894. Serial No. 508,704. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Beit known that I, CHARLES T. HARD, a resident of East Liverpool, in thecounty of Columbiana and State of Ohio, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in a Combined Cash Till and Recorder; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in combined cash tills andrecorders,-the object of the invention being to so construct a combinedcash till and recorder that its lid can be opened, a bell sounded andthe strip of paper on which the record is to be produced moved, at asingle operation by the manipulation of a combination locking device.

A further object is to so construct the device that after it shall havebeen operated, the parts will automaticallyassume their normalpositions.

A further object is to construct the device in such manner that a plainportion of the paper strip for the reception of a record will always beexposed and so that when the device is operated the strip will be movedand the record thereon carried to such position as to prevent subsequenttampering therewith.

A further object is to produce a combined cash till and recorder whichshall be simple in construction, easy to manipulate and effectual in allrespects, in the performance of its functions.

With these objects in view the invention consists in certain novelfeatures of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts ashereinafter set forth and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure lis a perspective view showing thelids open to expose portions of the mechanism. Fig. 2 is a sectionalview on a line with the operating mechanism. Fig. 3 is an enlargeddetail view showing the paper feed mechanism and the bridge or tableover which the paper passes when in position to have a record writtenthereon. Figxll is an enlarged detail view of a portion of the operatingmechanism. Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail view of the paper receiving rollor cylinder and devices for securing the paper strip thereto.- Figs. 6,7, S and 9 are views of certain modifications.

A represents a box or casing, comprising an upper or desk portion A anda lower portion A2, in which latter trays a, b, are located for thereception of bills and coin respectively. The lower portion Agof thecasing is normally closed by means of a lid B hinged or pivotallyconnected at one edge to the casing and adapted at its other edge forthe reception of a catch (hereinafter described) whereby to lock the lidclosed. Within the casing A, preferably midway between its ends, a bar ais secured and projects from front to rear of said easing. To the rearportion of this bar, depending brackets c are secured and at their lowerends support a bell c constructed in a manner similar in all respects toan ordinary door bell, the clapper of the bell (not shown) beingretained out of contact with said bell by the usual spring (notshown)and said clapper is actuated by means of a lever (l, pivotally connectedat one end to the bar a. The lever d is adapted to be operated by meansof a rod C, one end of which passes loosely through a perforation in oneof the brackets c and the other end is supported in the socket c made inthe shank e of a knob C disposed exteriorly of the casing. Within thesocket c the rod C is made with an annularl groove e2 for the receptionof a set screw e3 passing through the Wall of the shank e', whereby tosecure said shank and rod together.

The top e4 of the desk portion A of the casing is made with an elongatedslot or openingf, over a portion of which a glass platef projects. Belowthe top of the desk portion A, a bridge or bar f2 is secured and madewith a beveled face f3 which is disposed immediately in line with theopening f, between the edge of the glass plate and the adjacent edge ofthe top e4, said inclined edge of face ofthe bridge constituting, inetfect,a writing table. Below the top e4 a cylinder or roller D ismounted and provided in its periphery with a recess g for the receptionof one end of a strip of paper D', the end of the strip of paper beingretained in said recess by means of a bar g having bolts or pins g2secured thereto, the heads gof said pins being adapted to operate inrecesses g4 made in the roll,

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and between said heads and tbe bottoms of the respective recesses gsprings g5 are located and adapted to canse the bar g' to properly clampthe end of the strip of paper in the ref cess g.

In proximity to the roller D, a supply roll E is mounted in standards h,pivotally supported at their lower ends, and said roll of paper E ismaintained in contact with the paper on the roller or cylinder D bymeans of springs ZL bearing against the standards h. The paper D passesfrom the roll E up between the two rolls, then over the bridge f2 andthen down and around the receiving roll D and will be always drawn tightover said bridge so that the desired record may be readily writtenthereon, retrograde motion of the paper being prevented by means of adogt which engages a ratchet wheel t" carried by the receiving roller D.

Above the rod C a longitudinally movable bar F is located and at itsforward end is made with an upturned lip j adapted to engage the arm jof a bell-crank lever L72 piv oted to the bar a. The arm js of the bellcrank lever is normally disposed immediately over a lip 7c projectinglaterally from the lower end of a vertically movable bar 7a', said bar7c being normally maintained at the upper end of its movement by meansof a springc2 located beneath it. The bar Za is of a length sufficientto project to or above the ratchet wheel t" on the roller D, and carriesa pivot'ed dog 7c3 adapted to engage said ratchet Wheel and turn theroller when the bar Zr' is made to descend.

On the rod C, two nuts or cams G, G (preferably conical in form) arelocated, said nuts or cams being disposed a short distance apart andtheir larger ends facing each other. The larger end of the cam G is madeexactly circular in form, while the larger end of the cam G is made witha depression or tiattened portion Z.

To the bar F, one end of a lever I-l is pivotally connected and its freeend is normally forced toward the cams G, G by means of a spring Z. Thelarger end of the cam G' is made of a greater diameter than the largerend of the cam G, so that when the lever His resting on the curvedperiphery of the cam G its free end will be above or out of line withthe cam G. When the parts are in this position (see Fig. 4c) and theknob attached to the rod C is pulled, the bell c will be sounded asabove explained, but the free end of the lever H being out of line withthe cam G, the rod F will not be moved and consequently the devices foroperating the paper feed mechanism will not be operated, but should therod G be turned so as to permit the leverHto fall into the depression Z,the free end of said lever will move in line withthe cam G, and then thepulling out of the rod C will cause the rod F also to movelongitudinally, causing the vertical bar lo', through the medium of thebellcrank lever, to move downwardly and turning the receiving roller Dthrough the medium of the dog 7c3 and ratchet wheel i. Vhen the knobattached to the rod C is released, the roll will be made to assume itsnormal position bythe spring in the bell. A latch I is pivoted betweenits ends to the inner end of the bar a and at its upper end is adaptedto engage the lid B and retain it normally locked.

The lower end of the latch lever I is made with a lip n which isnormally engaged by an arm o projecting inwardly and downwardly from theforward end of the bar F. Now it will be seen that when the rod C ispulled (assuming the lever H to be in the depression Z) the movement ofthe bar F caused thereby, will not only operate the paper feedmechanism, but will cause the latch lever l to turn on its fulcrum(against the resistance of a spring 0') and release the lid B, whichlatter will then be opened automatically by means of weighted arms Bprojecting rearwardly from the pivotal supports of said lid. 'When theknob shall have been released the latch lever will automatically assumeits normal position ready to again lock the lid. To the front of thecase A a dial J is secured and provided with suitable graduations withwhich a suitable index on the shank of the knob C is adapted toregister. With the parts in the positions shown in Fig. 2, the lever Hwill be in the depression Z of the cam G', when the index on the shank cregisters with zero on the dial. By loosening the set screw c3 andturning the knob so that the index on the shank c will register withsome other ligure on the dial when the lever His in the depression Z,the combination by which the device may be operated, can be readilychanged at will.

Instead of transmitting motion from the bar F to the vertical bar Za bymeans of the bellcrank-leverjz, the lower end ofthe bar Zo may be madewith an elongated slot p as shown in in Fig. 9 and the forward end ofthe bar F adapted to project through this slot and provided with adownwardly projecting arm p', so that when the bar F is moved inwardlyas above explained, the downwardly projecting arm p will engage thebottom of the slotp and cause the bar 7c to move downwardly.

Instead of the devices for operating the bar F and the bell, the devicesshown in Figs. 7 and 8 may be employed. In this form of the invention aslide K is located below the bar F and has pivotally supported therein aseries of V-shaped keys q, to each of which a key rod q is attached andto the inner end of each key rod a finger bar or key q2 is attached,said finger bars or keys being located within the casing and access maybe had to them through an opening 13 in the front of the casing. Thelever H is provided with an arm g4 disposed over the smaller ends of thekeys. A rod g5 is attached to the slide K for operating the bell. Someof the keys q are IIC IIS

so disposed as to engage the arm Q4 of the lever H and maintain the samenormally out of line with the end r of the slide and the remainderofthekeys are so disposed that their smaller ends will be below the armqi, said keys being retained in their normal positions by means ofsprings r4.

From this construction and arrangement of parts it will be seen thatwhen the keys which support the free end of the lever H are operated,the arm g4 of said lever will be lowered and made to come in line withthe end r of the slide K and a continued pulling 0n these keys willcause the slide to move whereupon, the engagement of the end o of theslide with the arm Q4 of the lever H, will cause the bar F to be movedand the operating mechanism actuated as explained in connection with thepreferred form of the invention.

It will be observed that unless all the keys which support the free endof the lever H are lowered the rod F will not be brought into operationand consequently the mechanism of the device will not be operated; andit will also be seen thatif the wrong finger bars or keysare operatedthe corresponding keys q will be raised without aiiecting the operativerelation of the lever H with the slide K.

Instead of the pivoted latch lever I above described, the form oflocking devices shown in Fig. 6, may be adopted.A In this form of thedevice a rigid catch s is secured to the bar a', and to the lid B aspring plate s is secured and in proximity to its free end is made witha perforation s2 for the reception of the catch s. When the rod F ismoved inwardly as above explained it will engage the free end of thespring s and move it out of engagement with the catch s.

Various other slight changes might be made in the details ofconstruction of my invention without departing from the spirit thereofor limiting its scope and hence I do not wish to limit myself to theprecise details of construction herein set forth; but

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, iS-

l. In acombined cash till and recorder, the combination with a casing,and rolls carrying a strip of paper, of a pair of movable bars, oneadapted to operate the other and one constructed to operate the rolls, aslide device independent of the movable bars, and means forcommunicating motion from the slide device to one of the bars when saidslide device is in a predetermined adjustment, substantially as setforth.

2. In a combined cash till and recorder, the combination with a casinghaving a slot in its top, of a bridge under said slot, a receiving rollmounted in stationary bearings, means for locking this roll againstmovement in one direction, pivoted standards', a roll carried in thefree ends of these pivoted standards,

means for yieldingly throwing said standards toward the roll in thestationary bearings, whereby the two rolls are normally thrown towardeach other, said rolls adapted to receive and have a paper woundthereon, which paper is drawn over the bridge in passing from one rollto the other, and means for actuating the receiving roll, substantiallyas set forth.

3. In a combined cash till and recorder, the combination with a casing,of a pair of rolls, one in stationary bearings and the other in swingingbearings, the swinging bearings having openings therein extending in thedirection of the other roll for the removal of its roll, and a springfor normally throwing the roll in the swinging bearings toward the otherroll thereby retaining it in its bearings, substantially as setforth.

4. In a combined cash till and recorder, the combination with a casinghaving a slot in its top, a bridge under said slot, rolls mounted in thecasing, and a strip of paper extending from one of said rolls, passingover the bridge and wound on the other roll, of a ratchet wheel carriedby one of said rolls, a vertical slide bar, a dog carried by said barand engaging said ratchet wheel, a horizontal slide bar constructed andadapted to move said vertical slide bar, adjustable devices foroperating` said horizontal slide bar, and a lever 'for communicatingmotion from said adjustable devices to the horizontal slide bar,substantially as set forth.

5. The combination with a casing adapted to receive cash, of a lidconstructed and adapted to open automatically when released, a latch forsaid lid, an adjustable slide device, and means for communicating motionfrom said slide device to the latch when the adjustable device is in acertain predetermined adjustment, substantiallyas set forth.

(i. The combination with a casing adapted to receive cash, of a lidconstructed and adapted to open automatically when released, a latch forsaid lid, a movable bar, a lever connected with the latter, and anadjustable slide device adapted to operate the lever to slide themovable bar when the slide bar is in a certain predetermined adjustment,substantially as set forth.

7. In a combined cash till and recorder, the combination with a casinghaving a slot in its top, a bridge under said slot, rolls mounted in thecasing, and a strip of paper passing from one roll, over the bridge andwound on the other roll, of a vertically movable bar constructed andadapted to turn one of said rolls, a horizontally movable bar, abell-crank lever interposed between said bars whereby the motion of onewill be transmitted to the other, a pivoted lever carried by saidhorizontal bar, a rod in proximity to the horizontal bar and providedwith a knob, and cams on said rod, one of said cams being constructedand adapted to engage said pivoted lever and the other cam beingconstructed and adapted to move the free end of the lever into or out ofline with the first-mentioned cam accordingly as the rod is turned,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

8. In a combined cash till and recorder, the combination with a casinghaving a slot therein, a bridge under said slot, rolls mounted in thecasing, and a strip of paper passing from one roll, over the bridge andwound on the other roll, of a vertically movable bar constructed andadapted to operate one of said rolls, a horizontally movable bar, abell-crank lever interposed between said bars whereby the motion of onewill be transmitted to the other, a pivoted lever carried by thehorizontal bar, a rod in proximity to the horizontal bar and providedwith an adjustable knob, an index carried by said knob and adapted toregister with a dial on the casing, and two cams on said rod, one ofsaid cams being adapted to engage the pivoted lever, and the otherprovided with a depression at one point of its periphery whereby topermit the free end of the pivoted lever to be lowered sufficiently toalign with the first-mentioned cam when the rod which carries said camsis properly turned, substantially as set forth.

9. In a combined cash till and recorder, the combination with a casing,and recording mechanism, ot' a vertical bar adapted to operate saidrecording mechanism, a horizontal bar adapted to transmit motion to thevertical bar, means for returning said vertical bar, a lever pivoted tothe horizontal bar, a bell, a rod in proximity to the horizontal bar, alever pivoted to the casing and connected with said rod, said leverbeing adapted to engage the clapper of the bell, and cams located onsaid rod, one of said cams being adapted to engage the lever pivoted tothe horizontal bar and the -other being constructed and adapted to movesaid lever into and out of line with the frst-mentioned cam accordinglyas the rod is turned, substantially as set forth.

10. The combination with a casing having a slot in its top and a bridgeunder said slot, of a supply roll and a receiving roll mounted in saidcasing, a strip of paper adapted to pass from the supply roll, over saidbridge, the receiving roll being made with a recess for the reception ofone end of said strip of paper, a strip in said recess to secure thestrip of paper in place, pins secured to said strip, and springsinterposed between the head of said pins and the base of sockets inwhich they are located, and means for actuating said receiving roll,substantially as set forth.

ll. In a combined cash till and recorder, the combination with a casinghaving a slot in its top, a bridge under said slot,rolls mounted in thecasing, astrip of paper extending from one of said rolls, passing overthe bridge and wound on the other roll, ot' a ratchet wheel carried byone of said rolls, a dog adapted to engage said ratchet wheel andprevent retrograde movement thereof, a vertical slide bar, a dog carriedby said bar and engaging the ratchet wheel, a horizontal sliding barconstructed and adapted to move the vertical slide bar, a shaft capableof sliding and turning axially, and means for communicating motion fromsaid shaft to the horizontal movable bar when the shaft is in a certainpre determined axial position, substantially as set' forth.

12. In a combined cash till and recorder, the combination with a casingand a recording mechanism, of a vertically movable bar constructed andadapted to impart motion to said recording mechanism, a horizontalmovable bar adapted to transmit motion to the vertical bar, a rodmounted in proximity to the horizontal bar, a lever pivotally connectedto said horizontal bar, cams carried by the rod, one of said cams beingadapted to engage the free end of said pivoted lever and the otherconstructed and adapted to move said pivoted lever into and out of linewith the rst-mentioned cam, a knob having a shank adjustably connectedto said rod, an index carried by said shank, and a dial secured to thecasing, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES T. HARD.

\Vitnesses:

IDA F. WALPER, M. L. PURINTON.

